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C.S.A.? Why do i keep hearing about CSA?

2/20/2017

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 Get Fresh Organic Local Food with Community Supported Agriculture  CSA also called community supported agriculture are gatherings that have an incredible approach to providing support to farmers working on a small scale local farm. This association has been made to make sure that you will get fresh and organic food items like vegetables, fruits, eggs and meat in your refrigerator.
A few years ago it was very difficult to find local food, however, today joining a CSA is simpler than at any other time.
What Is a Community Supported AgricultureA CSA is an alternate method for getting fresh and seasonal food items on your table. Rather than purchasing your grocery grown from the grounds of a merchant or agent, a CSA is a perfectly managed gathering of clients and farmers who arrange to offer shares of the agriculturists' products to the clients, who thus sponsor the gardeners, their operations and regularly their families.  Some CSA's send straightforwardly to client homes; however, others permit you to get your share at an adjacent gathering point and others are available to pick up right from the farm gate.
When you join a CSA, you agree to receive and accept fresh organic products, vegetables, eggs and meat from the farmers you will be supporting. The organizers will prepare your boxes and come either week after week or month to month. It all depends upon the calendar of the CSA. Moreover, some CSAs provide products year-round, including fall and winter food items or home-made jams and other products in the winter months.  Numerous CSA's permit you to join per-season so you pay for the regular products you are interested in.
Benefits for farmer
  • Get to invest energy advertising the products right on time in the year, prior to their 16 hour days in the field start
  • Receive installment right on time in the season, which helps in the positive cash flow of farm
  • Have a chance to become more friendly with the general population who eat the food items they are growing
Benefits for customers
  • Full flavor, mineral and vitamin benefits from the fresh organic food items
  • You will get the seasonal vegetables and will be able to cook new recipes & special dishes
  • Usually get the opportunity to visit the farmland at any rate once a season
  • You can expose your children to new vegetables and provide them with a nourished diet
  • Learn how the food items are grown by developing a strong relation with the farmers
Final verdictIf you do choose to join a CSA, you will join a developing team of individuals who are concerned about their health and food. All you have to do is pay the farmers a reasonable amount of money to support their farm and get your desired vegetables in return. It is much better than buying your groceries from the supermarket because you are supporting the local economy, reducing your carbon footprint, because the food does not need to be trucked in from hundreds or thousands of miles away and you can’t get much fresher than harvesting vegetables the same day you are going to eat them. From farm to your table!  Fresh is best! 
Join our CSA at Our Father’s Farm.    Now accepting registrations
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Happy Love Month 

2/5/2017

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It's a wonderful season, we're in the second month of the year and now approaching the Love Month!  It's time to get you romance on.  Think of your spouse's favourite kind of chocolate, take him or her to a special restaurant, be extra kind to each other, and do something for their health and well being.  Well just in time for this special occasion, Our Father's Farm is offering a very special price just for you, on our Organic Extremely Bitter Apricot Kernels.  Be sure to sign up for our email newsletter so you can receive this very special low price.  Happy Valentine's Day <3
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    • Blog
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    • Bitter Apricot Kernels
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      • Gifts Baskets by Ariel!
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